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March 5, 1963 E. L. ARNESON PACKAGE Filed June 21, 1960 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 [dag/0 2 L 0 Zr/zaw Z, BY MM March 5, 1963 E. ARNESON,

PACKAGE Filed June 21, 1960 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IIIIIIII'I lllllnlnvr 1 INVENTOR. 22220412 I 0265072,

BY MMm m Unite States 3,080,049 PACKAGE Edwin L. Arneson, Morris, Ill., asslgnor to Federal Paper Board Company, Inc., Bogota, N.J., a corporation of New York Filed June 21, 1960, Ser. No. 37,648 3 Claims. (Cl. 206-47) This invention relates to packaging and is more particularly concerned with improvemetns in a carton which is designed to contain a product and which has provision for attachment to another product container so as to form a unit package.

In the marketing of many products which are normally sold as a single item, it is frequently desirable to provide for attachment to the container in which the product is normally packaged, a package containing another product such as a premium item or a supplemental product which may be used in conjunction with the main product. Also, it is often desirable to sell as a unit a combination of separately packaged items which are adapted to be used together. In this type of package, convenience in handling and selling make it desirable to enclose the premium article or the like in a carton which may be readily attached to the container for the other product so that the two containers are held together. 'It is also desirable that the container for the supplemental article or product be of such a character that it will not detract from the appearance of the container for the main article and that no alteration of the main container is necessary so that the use of the supplemental container may be purely optional.

It is a general object of the present invention to provide a carton for containing a product wherein the carton has provision for attachment to a container for another product without requiring any alteration of the main container while enclosing a minimum portion of the main container so that it does not detract from the appearance of the same and permits display of printed material on the main con tainer such as the name of the product, directions for use, etc.

It is a more specific object of the invention to provide a carton for packaging a product, such as a premium item, wherein the carton is designed so that it may be attached, in a readily detachable fashion, to a can or like container which is adapted to contain another prodnet.

It is a still more specific object of the invention to provide a carton which is in the form of a tray with flanges or cover panels on the side Walls for stifiening the same and for retaining a product in the carton and the carton end walls having extensions which are adapted to be interlocked with portions of the end of a can to which the carton is adapted to be attached so as to form therewith a unit package.

It is another object of the invention to provide a carton for association with a product containing can of the type having a recessed bottom end and a capped pouring spout at the top end wherein the carton is in the form of a tray with one of the end walls having a flap extension which is adapted to be bent back and seated in the recessed bottom end of the can and with the other like.

3,080,049 Patented Mar. 5, 1963 tion will be apparent from a consideration of the forms of the carton which are shown by way of illustration in the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a unit package which includes a can and an associated carton embodying therein the principal features of the invention;

FIGURE 2 is a plan view, to an enlarged scale, of the package of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a cross section taken on the line of FIGURE 1, to an enlarged scale;

FIGURE 4 is a plan view of a blank of foldable sheet material which is cut and scored preliminary to forming the carton shown in FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 5 is a plan view of the blank in partially folded condition;

FIGURE 6 is a plan view of the blank when it is completely folded into final collapsed carton forming relation;

FIGURE 7 is an elevation of a combination package illustrating a modified form of the invention;

FIGURE 8 is a plan view, to an enlarged scale, of the package of FIGURE 7;

FIGURE 9 is a cross section taken on the line 99 of FIGURE 7, to an enlarged scale;

FGIURE 10 is a plan view of a blank of foldable sheet material cut and scored preparatory to forming the carton shown in FIGURE 7;

FIGURE 11 is a plan view, with portions broken away, of the blank of FIGURE 10in partially folded condition; and

7 FIGURE 12 is a plan view, with portions broken away, of the completed carton in final collapsed condition.

Referring first to FIGURES 1 to 6, the invention is illustrated as embodied in a combination or unit package comprising the carton 10 and a can 11 wt-ih the carton 10 being especially designed for association with the can 11 and being of an appropraite size and shape to contain a particular product or article. In the form shown, the can 11 is adapted to contain a liquid, for example, a floor wax and the carton 10 is of a size and shape to enclose n applicator device 12, the latter being adapted to have a handle attached thereto and to be used in applying the wax to a floor or other surface.

The can 11, as illustrated in FIGURE 1, is cylindrical with a recessed bottom having a peripheral flange 13. The top of the can 11 also has a peripheral flange 14 and is provided with a centrally located capped pouring spout 15. The walls of the can may, of course, be imprinted with the name of the product and any other desired information such as directions for its use and the The form of the carton 10 will be best understood by reference to the cut and scored or creased blank 16 for forming the same which is shown in FIGURE 4. The blank 16, which is preferably .of paperboard stock, is divided into a plurality of connected wall forming panels by transversely spaced, longitudinally extending score lines 17, 18, 19 and 20 and longitudinally spaced, trans versely extending score lines 21 and 22. The score lines 21 and 22 define the top and bottom or end edges of the carton 10 when it is erected while the score lines I17, 18, 19 and 20 define the side edges thereof. The main portion of the blank is divided by the score lines 17, 18, 19 and 20 into a back or bot-tom wall forming panel 23 and two adjoining side Wall forming panels 24 and 25 with the latter having relatively narrow reinforcing edge flaps 26 and 27 extending late-rally of the side wall panels 24 and 25 and adapted to hinge about the longitudinal score lines 17 and 20, respectively.

The portion of the blank at one end thereof beyond the transverse score line 21 is divided into end wall panel 28 and connecting flap forming panels 29 and 30 for se- The end Wall panel 28 is separated from the one connect ing flap 29 by a cutting line 31 extending diagonally from the score line 21' and from the other connecting flap 30 by a V-shaped cut- 32. An aperture 33 is provided in the outer, extension forming portion 34 of the end wall panel 28 for engaging over the can spout 15. The exten-' sion portion 34 is generally rectangular in shape and off- .set in the lateral direction relative to the back or bottom.

forming side wall panel 23;

The portion of the blank at the other end thereof beyond the transverse score line 22 is divided into end wall panel 35' and two connecting flap forming panel members 36 and 37 which aread-apted to hinge about the transverse'score line22'. The end wall panel 35' is separated from the one connecting flap 36 by an outwardly extending diagonal cutting line 38 and from the other connecting flap 37 'by a V-shaped cut 39.- The end wall panel 35 is provided on its outer edge with a semi-circular extension forming panel or flap 40 which is separated from the end wall panel 35 by a transversely extending score line 41 about which it is adapted to hinge.

Two hinge forming score lines 42 and 43 etxend in converging relation from the ends of the longitudinal score line 19 to spaced points on'the outer side'cdge of the reinforcing and stiflening'panel 27 permitting the outer corner portions of the blank to be folded about these score lines onto the main center portion of the same. At the other side of the blank, two hinge-forming diagonal'score lines44 and 45-extend in converging relation from the ends of the longitudinal score line .18 to spaced points on the outer side edge of the side Wall' stiffening panel 26.

The blank 16, when out and scored .as'shown in FIG- URE 4, is adapted tobe glued and folded, as indicated in FIGURES and 6, to form the carton 16 in knocked down orcollapsed condition. The four corner portions of the blank'are folded about the score lines 42, 43 and 44, 45 as shown in FIGURE 5 and a suitable adhesive is applied to the end wall connectingflaps 29, 30 and 36, 37. Thereafter, the end wall panels 28 and 35 are folded inwardly about the score lines 21 and 22 into overlying relationwith the corner iconnecting fiaps 29, 30 and 36, 37 which completes the assembly of the carton and brings the same into flattened or collapsed conditionas' shown in FIGURE 6.

In using the carton, it is set up by hinging the end walls 28and 35 about the score lines 21 and 22 into planes normalto the back Wall 23 which causes the side wall panels 24 and 25 to hinge about the score line 18 and 19 into upstanding inclined relation with the back wall 23. The side wall stiffening flaps 26 and 27 are turned inwardly after the applicator device '12 is placed in the tray formed by the open carton and the can retaining flap 40 is hinged downwardly about the score line 41. In this condition, the carton may be attached to the can 11 by first inserting the can spout 15 through the aperture 33 in the extension 34 on the top Wall panel 28 and then swinging the carton toward the can to position the can retaining flap 40 within the bottom recess'of the can 11 so that the infolded flap 40 engages with the inner periphery of the flange or head 13 at the bottom of the can 11. The

inclination of the end Wall panels 23 and 35 relative to the back wall panel 23 provide the carton with a parallelogram shapeor cross section as shown in FIGURES 2 and 3 when it is set up. This accommodates the wax applicator 12 which is of generally curved form as shown. The side wall stiffening flaps 26 and 27 are forced inwardly, into inclinedrelation with the side walls 24 and 25 of the carton whenthe carton and can are connected together as shown in FIGURES l to 3. The carton may be held against rotation relative to the can 11 by a 'strip'of adhesive tape (notshown) which may be. ap-

plied across the bottomtof the package or elsewhere,desired.

In the modification which is shown in FIGURES 7 to 12, the carton 50 is of generally triangular cross section and is attached to a can 51 of square or rectangular cross section which has a capped pouring spout 52 in one of the corners thereof. The can 51 is recessed at the top and bottom with the top and bottorn'flanges or bead formations 53 and 54.

The carton 5!) is formed from a blank 55 of paperboard stock which is cut and scored or creased as shown in FIGURE l0.- The blank 55 has a generally-rectangular center portion which is divided by longitudinally extending, transversely spaced score. lines. 56,57 and SS'into an outer back or bottom wall forming panel- 60, aside wall forming panel 61 and an inner cover forming panel 62 which is'provided on its free edge with a' rectangular tucking fiap'63. End wall forming panels-64 and 65extend from the ends of the panel 61 and are separated therefrom by longitudinally spaced score lines 66 and 67 which are parallel and extend transversely of the blank56. The score lines 66'and67 alsoseparate from the outer wall forming panel fitl a pair of end wall connecting flaps 68 and 69 whichare freed from the end wall panels 64 and 65 by outwardly opening .V-shapedcuts 70iand 71. The end wall panels 64 and 65 are providedlwithscore 1ines172 and 73 which extenddiagonally outward from the ends of the score line'56 and divide the end wall panels 64 and' triangular in shape and divided from the main'portion' thereof by a diagonalscore line 76' which extends from the end of the score line 67 to a point atthe outer: edge ofthe end wall panel 65. The diagonal score line iscontinned through the end wall extension 751 The back wall panel 61is cut away at 77.

In'settingup theblank 55 to form the carton 50, the end wall panel 64 and the connectingflap 68 at the one end of the blank are folded inwardly about the score line 66 while the end wall panel 65 and the connecting flap 69 atthe other end of the blank are 'folded inwardly about the score-line 67. The end wall panel 64 and are also folded upon themselves about the score lines 72 and'73. This brings these panels into overlying relation with the ends ofthe back wall panel 61 as shown in FIGURE 11. Thereafter, glue is applied to portions of the uppermost faces of the end wall flaps 68' and 69, as

shown, and the panel 61 is folded inwardlyaboutrthe score line 56 into overlying relation with... the panel 60 so that the outwardly folded portions of the end wall panels panelsfree. of the end wall flaps 68 and69. This completes the assembly of the blank and brings it into collapsed carton forming condition as illustrated in :FIGURE 12.

In using the modified form of the carton, the collapsed carton 50 is opened upby pulling outwardly on the back wall panel 61 which hinges the end wall panels 64 and .65 into upright position and brings them into planes normal to the side wall forming panel 60. The wax applicator 12 or other device may then be placedon the side wall forming panel 60 after which the inner cover panel .62 is folded inwardly about the score line 57 with the tucking flap 63 being folded about the score line 58 and into face engaging relationship with the wall panel 61. The can retaining flap 75 on the bottomor end wall panel 65 is then folded inwardly about the score line 76 after which the carton 50 may be attachedto the can 51 by inserting the spout 52 through the aperture 74 in the top or end wall panel 64 and thereafter inserting the can retaining flap 75 onthe bottom Wall panel 65in the recess in the bottom of the can where itengages with the inner edge of the peripheral flange 54- and retains the carton 50 and the can 51 in assembled relation.

The cartons shown in the forms of the invention illustrated are shaped to accommodate the wax applicator 12, but they may take other shapes to accommodate other articles or products, the particular shape depending upon the nature of the latter.

While specific materials and particular details of construction have been referred to in describing the forms of the carton illustrated, it will be understood that other materials and difierent details of construction may be resorted to within the spirit of the invention.

I claim: M

1. A blank of foldable paperboard or like sheet material which is cut and creased to provide, when glued and folded, a collapsible open sided tray, said blank being divided by parallel, longitudinally spaced, transversely extending lines into a generally rectangular center section and two end sections, said center section being divided by parallel, transversely spaced, longitudinally extending hinge forming crease lines into at least three hingedly connected wall forming panels, a relatively narrow edge flap extending outwardly of the one wall forming panel, the end sections of said blank each being divided into an end wall forming panel which extends from the end edge of one of the wall panels and at least one adjoining corner connecting flap which is cut free of the end wall panel and which is hinged to the end of an adjoining wall panel, said end wall panels having outwardly directed extensions thereon with one of said extensions having an aperture therein and the other of said extensions being separated from its associated end wall panel by a hinge forming crease line extending diagonally from the end of one of said transversely extending lines to the end edge of the blank and crease lines extending from the ends of the one longitudinally extending crease line defining the center wall forming panel diagonally across each of said end wall panels.

2. A package comprising a can which is characterized by having a peripheral flange forming a recess in the bottom end and an upwardly projecting pouring spout on the top end thereof, and an article receiving carton comprising side walls and end walls connected so as to form a collapsible tray-like container with an open face in which a portion of a side wall of the can is seated and with the end walls foldable into flat engagement with the side walls, said end walls having outer end portions which overlie the top and bottom ends of the can, the top one of said end walls having an outer portion with an aperture receiving the pouring spout and the bottom one of said end walls having an outer portion reversely folded against the inner face of said end wall and engaging within the recess in the bottom end of the can with the free edge abutting against the flange whereby the can and the carton are held together by the outer portions of said carton end walls, and a panel hinged to the edge of the side wall at one side of the open face of the carton and reversely folded into the carton and extending along the side wall of the can and separating the contents of the carton from the wall of the can.

3. A package as recited in claim 2 and said carton having a triangular cross section and a tucking flap hingedly connected to the opposite edge of said inner wall panel which is folded along a side wall of the carton and forms a closed compartment for the contents of the can.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,303,264 Flick -s Nov. 24, 1942 2,341,570 Reachi Feb. 15, 1944 2,758,723 Morris et al Aug. 14, 1956 2,912,103 Hennessey et al Nov. 10, 1959 2,727,713 Buttery et al Mar. 8, 1960 

2. A PACKAGE COMPRISING A CAN WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING A PERIPHERAL FLANGE FORMING A RECESS IN THE BOTTOM END AND AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING POURING SPOUT ON THE TOP END THEREOF, AND AN ARTICLE RECEIVING CARTON COMPRISING SIDE WALLS AND END WALLS CONNECTED SO AS TO FORM A COLLAPSIBLE TRAY-LIKE CONTAINER WITH AN OPEN FACE IN WHICH A PORTION OF A SIDE WALL OF THE CAN IS SEATED AND WITH THE END WALLS FOLDABLE INTO FLAT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIDE WALLS, SAID END WALLS HAVING OUTER END PORTIONS WHICH OVERLIE THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS OF THE CAN, THE TOP ONE OF SAID END WALLS HAVING AN OUTER PORTION WITH AN APERTURE RECEIVING THE POURING SPOUT AND THE BOTTOM ONE OF SAID END WALLS HAVING AN OUTER PORTION REVERSELY FOLDED AGAINST THE INNER FACE OF SAID END WALL AND ENGAGING WITHIN THE RECESS IN THE BOTTOM END OF THE CAN WITH THE FREE EDGE ABUTTING AGAINST THE FLANGE WHEREBY THE CAN AND THE CARTON ARE HELD TOGETHER BY THE OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID CARTON END WALLS, AND A PANEL HINGED TO THE EDGE OF THE SIDE WALL AT ONE SIDE OF THE OPEN FACE OF THE CARTON AND REVERSELY FOLDED INTO THE CARTON AND EXTENDING ALONG THE SIDE WALL OF THE CAN AND SEPARATING THE CONTENTS OF THE CARTON FROM THE WALL OF THE CAN. 